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Hope
All that most artists want is a fair shake. It actually does sometimes happen that an art show is judged by 3 or 5 skilled and experienced artists (judging separately by number value voting) and one ends up with a show in which the "dumb ole public" and the artists in the show, as well as artists looking at the show, all generally say, "Well, this show was well judged".
It's that most shows are put together by non-artists and they think non-artists are somehow smarter than the people who actually make art. So assistant curators and "organizer-types" judge the contests and the results are as one might expect.
As for Kinkade, what skilled and knowledgeable artist could hawk his work w/o embarrassment? Better that someone that was selling cars last week sell them. It's ok to say it's crap. Say it loudly! It's crap. I used to like the puppies with the big tears in their eyes but I was 7 years old when it was all the rage. Crap happens. Honest art comes from honest artists. Let's be honest here. It's really OK.
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